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IAEA Releases Updated Country Profiles For Commercial Nuclear Power Plants
Source: NucNet19 Dec (NucNet): There are 454 commercially operational nuclear power reactors in 30 countries, with 54 units under construction worldwide, the latest edition of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s ‘Country Nuclear Power Profiles’, or CNPP,…
Framatome Completes Forsmark Unit 3 Upgrades
Source: NewsFramatome has successfully completed commissioning for a project to modernize the safety Instrumentation & Control (I&C) system in unit 3 of the Forsmark* nuclear power plant operated by the Swedish utility Forsmarks Kraftgrupp AB, a…
Cavendish Nuclear To Complete Dounreay Decommissioning
Source: NewsBritish nuclear power services company Cavendish Nuclear, said it had won the contract to dismantling and demolition Scotland’s oldest nuclear reactor, the Dounreay Materials Test Reactor. The multi-million dollar contract was awarded following a competitive…
US Should Start Programme To Build Pilot Fusion Reactor, Says National Academies Report
Source: NucNet18 Dec (NucNet): The US Department of Energy should start a national programme of research and technology to build a compact pilot plant that produces electricity from fusion at the lowest possible capital cost, says…
Cold Tests Completed For Barakah Unit 3
Source: NewsThe Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) said Sunday that Cold Hydrostatic Testing (CHT) had been completed for Unit 3 of the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
IAEA Reviews Philippine Readiness For Nuclear Power
Source: NewsThe International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said a team of experts has concluded an eight-day mission to the Republic of the Philippines having completed an Integrated Nuclear Infrastructure Review (INIR), which assessed the country's nuclear…
COP24 Adopts ‘Robust’ Guidelines For Implementing Paris Climate Agreement
Source: NucNet16 Dec (NucNet): After two weeks of crunch negotiations the 197 parties gathered in Katowice, Poland, for the United Nations COP24 two-week climate change conference, adopted a “robust” set of implementing guidelines for the 2015…
Cold Testing Complete At UAE’s Barakah-3 Nuclear Plant
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNet6 Dec (NucNet): Cold hydrostatic testing has been completed at Unit 3 of the Barakah nuclear power station under construction in the United Arab Emirates, Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation has said. …
EDF’s Flagship EPR Enters Revenue Service in Taishan
Source: Neutron BytesThe first Areva/EDF European Pressurized reactor (EPR), a 1650MW commercial plant, is now in revenue service in Taishan, China, located about 136Km west of Hong Kong. Power was sent to the grid this week following…
WIPP To Suspend Incoming Shipments For Three Weeks
Source: NewsOfficials at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in Carlsbad, New Mexico, said the plant would suspend incoming shipments for three weeks beginning January 7, so that maintenance tasks could be done.
China’s Taishan-1 Becomes First EPR To Enter Commercial Operation
Source: NucNet14 Dec (NucNet): The Taishan-1 nuclear reactor in southern China has begun commercial operation, the first EPR anywhere in the world to do so, Chinese nuclear company CGN said today. …
30-hour Concrete Pour Completed At Hinkley Point C
Source: NewsFrench nuclear power giant EDF has announced the first major concrete pour for the Hinkley Point C construction project in Somerset, England, that is expected to supply Britain with 7 percent of its electricity for…
Growth Of Nuclear Energy Will See Uranium Demand Continue To Rise, Says Red Book
Source: NucNet13 Dec (NucNet): The continued growth of nuclear energy will see demand for uranium continue to rise for the foreseeable future with supply more than adequate to meet projected requirements, according to the latest edition…
First Light Fusion To Collaborate With UK Atomic Energy Authority
Source: NewsOxford University spin-out company First Light Fusion said this week it would collaborate with the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) in a project designed to create a net gain in energy out of a fusion…
NRC Accepts Application For Surry License Renewals
Source: NewsThe U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Wednesday that it had accepted the application for a subsequent license renewal for the Surry Power Station reactors located near Surry, Virginia.
Uranium Rally Continues As Kazakhstan And Other Major Producers Cut Production
Source: NucNet12 Dec (NucNet): The volume of uranium mined in Kazakhstan in the first 11 months of this year fell by 7% to 19,600 tonnes (tU), with declining inventories continuing to see a rally that has…
Bulgaria To Issue Tender For Reviving Belene Project
Source: NewsBulgaria’s Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova said last week that the country would issue a tender in January seeking a financial partner that would help revive the twice-stalled Belene nuclear power plant project, according to a…
India’s Kaiga-1 Has Set Record For Continuous Operation, Says NPCIL
Topics: Plant OperationsSource: NucNet11 Dec (NucNet): The Kaiga-1 nuclear power unit in India has reached 941 days of continuous operation, surpassing the world record of 940 days held by the Heysham A-2 unit in the UK, the National…
Taipower To Decommission Chinshan Unit 1
Source: NewsThe Taiwan Power Company (Taipower) said that it would begin decommissioning of Unit 1 at the Chinshan nuclear power plant directly following the expiration of its initial 40-year operations permit, which came to an end…
BHEL Ships 40th Steam Generator For NPCIL
Source: NewsBharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) said this week it had achieved a component milestone by dispatching its 40th steam generator (SG) to the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL).